Before
you distribute your E-book on the Internet
Teacher:
Dirk Dupon
If you want to
have people buy, download or read your E-book,
there are a few rules that you need to follow.
The purpose in
following these rules is to ensure that you will
send out a perfect E-book of high quality.
Of course you
already know that your spelling, grammar structure
and link relevance should be checked twice to
guarantee an excellent product.
But here are the
very first steps for you to take before you submit
your E-book to the rest of the world. First you
have to write and prepare your HTML-pages,using
your favorite HTML-editor.
Do this just like
you create a web site. Put all your pages and
images in one directory on your hard disk, give it
the name of your E-book, and make sure that you
make a back up copy of them, in case something
worse happens to your PC system.
You wouldn't
believe how many people forget to make back ups,
and find themselves in complete disaster when bad
luck strikes. Think about all those hours of
inspiration and transpiration that get
wasted!
If you design
your E-book pages, try to focus on being consistent
and informative. Make it easy for your readers to
navigate trough your book pages, or they will skip
your material. Put navigation links on every book
page.
Do not use too
many colors or fancy buttons. Or have you ever seen
newspapers or magazines with orange text on a
yellow background?
There’s no
need to revolutionize the way publishing is done
with your E-book.
Check and
re-check to see if all the hyperlinks or forms
work, and if all the images show up correctly. Many
people forget to link the images or banners to the
home directory.
Try to limit the
use of images, because they take up a lot of space,
and your E-book should not be too large to
download. Put your ad banners (if you use any) at
the bottom of your book pages. Do this to not
distract your readers.
Then you have to
create an opening page. This page shows up first
when your E-book gets clicked on.
Be sure to place
your E-book title in it, and make an index of all
the different pages or chapters. Name this page
"readmefirst.htm" so that you know which page you
have to use to start.
Then you’re
ready to compress all your HTML-pages and images
into an E-book format, using your E-book formatting
software.
If you want to
create your E-book in .pdf format, you can do it
for FREE at the Adobe
web site.
(Their service
lets you convert a wide variety of documents into
Adobe PDF files that anyone can view using the
free, widely distributed Adobe Acrobat
Reader.)
To reduce the
size of your E-book, compress it into a .zip file.
Click below to get the software to do it, if you
don't have WinZip already installed on your PC.
-It's free to download at: Winzip.com
The last step is
to upload the E-book.zip file to your web server
via FTP, and create a great sales or download page
where your web site visitors can obtain a copy.
That’s all
it takes. Happy promoting!
